Baskets, bunnies, and bright-colored eggs: Easter is hopping our way! This holiday doesn’t land on the same day each year, but this year, arrived on Sunday, April 5. Some students at Patrick M. Villano School celebrate this holiday. Fifth-grader Elizabeth Awar says Easter isn’t just another day on the calendar. For her, it’s a candy-filled adventure.
“Do you know I’m really excited for Easter because I love Easter,” anwar said. “At Easter, I get a lot of candy. After I go down and see my easter basket, I wait and then I eat candy. I usually search in the backyard for the eggs and go searching with my family. I usually find the eggs in bushes or in small spaces in my backyard.”
Another fifth-grader, Riya Shah, also loved the candy part of Easter.
“I think Easter is really fun because we get to go to my neighbor’s house usually to look for eggs in their backyard, and there are little prizes inside, and I also get to eat candy, and I love candy, and I like to wake up Easter morning and see my basket filled with candy and little prizes and plushies for me,” Shah said.
According to an informal survey about favorite Easter candy, many students chose Reese’s Eggs as a favorite while others said they liked Nerds or M & M’s. Some students even said they like to receive non-candy items, such as stuffed animals or toys.
Maya Pineda agrees that Easter puts a smile on her face.
“It’s definitely not my favorite holiday, but it is fun. I usually like attending local Easter hunts, and I’m running as fast as I can and teaming up with my brother, so yeah, that’s a lot of fun,” Pineda shared.
According to the online encyclopedia Britannica, Easter traditions include coloring or hiding eggs because in ancient times, eggs represented new life.
“Easter is the holiest day of the year for Christians. It celebrates their belief in the resurrection, or the rising from the dead, of Jesus Christ. Jesus was the founder of the religion of Christianity,” Britannica online states.
The website also says that the holiday’s name may be from an Anglo-Saxon goddess named Eostre. Long ago, a festival was held in her honor in the spring.
